Both knees wrapped in ice, LeBron James walked in a circle, waiting for his turn to speak with a larger-than-usual media contingent.
First, though, it was new coach Tyronn Lue’s turn to address the shocking developments of the past 24 hours in Cleveland.
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If Conor McGregor respects his next opponent, Rafael dos Anjos, he’s certainly not showing it in public. At a press conference to promote their lightweight title fight, which takes place in Las Vegas in March, the Irishman flung insult after insult at his Brazilian...

In a bitter reflection of the way that match-fixing suspicions have eclipsed the start of this Australian Open, Fernando Verdasco came off the court yesterday after his thrilling win against Rafael Nadal and was immediately faced by questions about suspicious betti...

“He must think I’m a great guy. He must think that, because otherwise he would not have given me so much … he must have a very high opinion of me.”
José Mourinho, on God, 2011.
He always did have a super-sized ego, José. It was part of his charm at times and, in ...

What do you do when you keep getting beaten by the same bloke? You go looking for countermeasures, right? Well, apparently not if your name is Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal. Before Christmas, the two grandees of men's tennis both stressed that they would not be usi...

Even going back years, it wasn’t an unusual sight at USA training: the players have finished cooling down and walk to the sideline, but Carli Lloyd is alone on the field, still doing push-ups.
Over the years, she has become accustomed to people laughing at her obs...

Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool’s manager, said the biggest challenge facing Pep Guardiola when he moves to English football will be adapting to the busiest fixture list in the world.Klopp said he knew the demands when he accepted the Anfield job – and he knows Guardiola w...

Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver attributed his club’s ongoing struggles to the inability of “millennial culture” to deal with problems.
The US financier specifically called out Markieff Morris, who was fined $10,000 in September for publicly demanding a trade whe...

Petr Cech will frame the shirt he wore for his record-breaking 170th Premier League clean sheet but, as he left the Emirates on Monday night, the reward that he really wants for his relentless consistency quickly became obvious. It is a fifth Premier League winners...

Louis van Gaal says he is still capable of lifting his Manchester United players but knows that defeat against Chelsea on Monday evening at Old Trafford will likely result in his sacking. Following Boxing Day’s 2-0 loss at Stoke City, Van Gaal, 64, suggested he cou...